If these apps have content that is inciting crime (e.g. on both Reddit and Twitch over the last couple weeks I have seen people promoting violence such as killing JK Rowling) then I think the government can force them to act.

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lm28469 14 hours ago | parent | next [-]

And since they decide what a crime is...

See the recent tweet of trump declaring antifa as a terrorist organization, it's not even an organization to begin with.

	▲	ChocolateGod 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I'm pretty sure trying to convince other people to kill someone is widely already considered a crime, regardless of what who or what the target is.

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lyu07282 19 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Its also great because all the regime has to do is to employ agent provocateurs on whatever speech-platforming network they want to shut down and people like you will happily go along with it.

	▲	amenhotep 12 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I don't think it even needs to be that organised; the extremely online right wing love that kind of thing and would probably do it entirely organically.